More than 8.75 million cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US is the worst hit, with 2.25 million infections, followed by Brazil, Russia and India.
Here are the top 10 global developments this morning:
1. Addressing a rally in Tulsa, US President Donald Trump said that he urged officials to slow down testing in the country because case numbers were climbing so rapidly.
2. Two new Covid-19 cases have been detected in New Zealand, according to the Ministry of Health. Both cases are linked to overseas travel and were detected within quarantine facilities.
3. China reported 26 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, driven largely by the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing.
4. Brazil has registered 1,022 new deaths, bringing the country’s total number of known Covid-19 fatalities from 48,954 to 49,976, while infections increased from 1,032,913 on Friday to 1,067,579 on Saturday, a rise of 34,666.
5. Spain’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez has said that British tourists can visit the country from Sunday without facing quarantine.
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6. Mexico on Saturday reported 4,717 new infections and 387 additional deaths from the coronavirus, Reuters reports, bringing the total number in the country to 175,202 cases and 20,781 deaths.
7. Greece has announced another extension of the coronavirus lockdown on its migrant camps, hours after 2,000 people protested in central Athens to mark World Refugee Day and denounce the government’s treatment of migrants.
8. Serbians go to polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe’s first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect some three months ago.
9. In Australia, Victoria has extended its state of emergency for another four weeks after case numbers rose to their highest for more than two months.
10. Thailand has reported one new coronavirus case, linked to foreign travel, bringing the total number of infections to 3,148. No new deaths were reported on Sunday. The death toll since the start of the outbreak is 58.